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Trump Tsunami: A Historian's Diary of the Trump Campaign and His First Year in Office
A Tsunami is a giant wave that destroys everything in its path. This is how Ray Smock, an experienced observer of government and formerly Historian of the U.S. House of Representatives, saw the presidential campaign of 2016 and the first year of Donald Trump’s presidency. The nation was hit with a political wave of unprecedented proportions that challenges every aspect of how we understand the role of government, the nature of our democratic institutions, and the place of the United States as a world leader. To find a way to comprehend this monumental event, the author kept a diary of observations and commentary. The entries capture the immediacy and the emotion of the moment as events unfolded in startling ways. He sought to channel strong political passions into constructive observations. Many of the entries were shared with friends on social media, a few became op-ed pieces in newspapers, and some appeared online at the History News Network. This book is one historian’s odyssey in trying to figure out what happened after the Trump tsunami hit.
226 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 20, 2018
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April 22, 2019
A valuable commentary
I learned of Ray Smock and this book via C-Span’s Sunday night program Q&A.
Smock’s commentary on candidate and President Trump is unquestionably biased, but it is so toward the Constitution and The People. He comes to us, not as a politician but as an historian, with knowledge and experience that our President sorely lacks. As much as I agree with Smock, the constant criticism of the President is as grating as fingernails scratching a blackboard. Unfortunately, this President deserves it.
I am encouraged that Smock plans a sequel to this book. My notes will inform future readers, via Kindle, that the political climate in Washington changed with the 2018 elections. Trump has not changed, however. As 2019 moves toward the 2020 Presidential election, I suspect he will be more bombastic, more insulting, more alienating toward our traditional friends while cozying up to Putin and Russia, and, overall, less presidential.
I look forward to Smock’s next book.
Four stars waxing.
I learned of Ray Smock and this book via C-Span’s Sunday night program Q&A.
Smock’s commentary on candidate and President Trump is unquestionably biased, but it is so toward the Constitution and The People. He comes to us, not as a politician but as an historian, with knowledge and experience that our President sorely lacks. As much as I agree with Smock, the constant criticism of the President is as grating as fingernails scratching a blackboard. Unfortunately, this President deserves it.
I am encouraged that Smock plans a sequel to this book. My notes will inform future readers, via Kindle, that the political climate in Washington changed with the 2018 elections. Trump has not changed, however. As 2019 moves toward the 2020 Presidential election, I suspect he will be more bombastic, more insulting, more alienating toward our traditional friends while cozying up to Putin and Russia, and, overall, less presidential.
I look forward to Smock’s next book.
Four stars waxing.
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